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US Cracks Down on Goods from Xinjiang Amid Forced Labor Allegations

The United States is intensifying its crackdown on goods linked to alleged forced labor from China's Xinjiang region, aiming to prevent such products from...

Starbucks and Nestlé face scrutiny as new report highlights unethical labor practices

A new report out this week by the New York-based human rights group, China Labor Watch, finds coffee farms in Starbucks’ and Nestlé’s supply...

Chinese forced labour claims over ‘Italian’ tomato puree in UK supermarkets

Lidl acknowledged using Chinese tomatoes due to ‘supply issues’ and some supermarkets have suspended suppliers. Others rejected the report’s methodology

US sanctions target China over allegations of forced labor in Xinjiang

The United States continues efforts to halt the flow of goods made with what it says is the use of forced labor in China’s...

‘Italian’ purees likely to contain Chinese forced-labour tomatoes, BBC finds

“Italian” tomato purees sold by several UK supermarkets appear to contain tomatoes grown and picked in China using forced labour, the BBC has found. Some...

Uyghur leader calls out China’s genocide at UN forum amid disruption

Director of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) Berlin office, Gheyur Qurban, delivered a powerful speech at the 17th Session of the United Nations Forum...

China Sentences Journalist Dong Yuyu To Seven Years For Espionage

Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being convicted of espionage by a Beijing court, raising serious concerns...

World Uyghurs Congress welcomes Volkswagen’s exit from Xinjiang region, calls for industry-wide accountability

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) welcomed Volkswagen’s (VW) announcement that it will sell its plant in East Turkistan, a region in which the WUC...

G7 & EU Condemn China’s Human Rights violations & aggressive maritime actions…

G7 Foreign Ministers and the EU High Representative expressed concerns over human rights violations in China, highlighting repression in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and condemned Beijing's erosion...

China faces global backlash over forced labour issue in Xinjiang

The global spotlight on China’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang has intensified following the United States government’s decision to blacklist more than two dozen...

Three Americans released by China arrive in Texas

Three U.S. citizens freed by China arrived at Joint Base San Antonio on Wednesday, just hours before Thanksgiving, concluding years of diplomatic negotiations over...

Uniqlo boss says Japanese clothing giant doesn’t use Xinjiang cotton

 Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo does not use cotton from China’s Xinjiang regions, the company’s boss said in his first public declaration on the issue. The...

Middle East, Ukraine and China with its rights record dominated G7 foreign ministers’ meeting

While the meeting of the G7 foreign ministers held in Fiuggi, Italy, over Nov 24-27 focused heavily on the conflicts in the Middle East...

Volkswagen to exit China’s Xinjiang, sell factory

German car giant VW said that it would sell its factory and test track in Xinjiang for "economic reasons." China has been accused of using forced labor from ethnic Uyghurs in the region.

Uyghur exiles accuse Xinjiang’s leader of repression beyond borders

Exiled members of China’s Uyghur minority group accuse Beijing of human rights violations and say the Communist Party chief in the Xinjiang region where...